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Randall Jarrell Quotes

When we read what Goethe says about men we are ashamed of what we have said; when we read what he says about painting and statues we are ashamed of what Goethe has said Picture Quote #1

Who would be such a fool as to make advances to his reader, advances which might end in rejection or, worse still, in acceptance? Picture Quote #1

The usual bad poem in somebody’s Collected Works is a learned, mannered, valued habit, a habit a little more careful than, and little emptier than, brushing one’s teeth Picture Quote #1

If you never look just wrong to your contemporaries you will never look just right to posterity - every writer has to try to be, to some extent, sometimes, a law unto himself Picture Quote #1

People had always seemed to Gertrude rather like the beasts in Animal Farm: all equally detestable, but some more equally detestable than others Picture Quote #1

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, goethe said; a correct answer, gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face Picture Quote #1

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Gertrude knew better than this, of course, but we all know better than we know better, or act as if we did Picture Quote #1

... You Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause Picture Quote #1

... When General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows, he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American Picture Quote #1

... Our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong Picture Quote #1

We always tend to distrust geniuses about genius, as if what they say didn’t arouse much empathy in us, or as if we were waiting till some more reliable source of information came along Picture Quote #1

Reality is what we want it to be or what we do not want it to be, but it is not our wanting or our not wanting that makes it so Picture Quote #1

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The climate of our culture is changing. Under these new rains, new suns, small things grow great, and what was great grows small; whole species disappear and are replaced Picture Quote #1

Be, as you have been, my happiness; Let me sleep beside you, each night, like a spoon Picture Quote #1

The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is not real to us as an artist, since we have to take on trust the works of art he produces Picture Quote #1

It is rare for a novel to have an ending as good as its middle and beginning Picture Quote #1

It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life Picture Quote #1

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself Picture Quote #1

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If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help Picture Quote #1

If you’ve been put in your place long enough you begin to act like the place Picture Quote #1

His eye a ring inside a ring inside a ring that leers up, joyless, vile, in meek obscenity - this is the devil. Flesh to flesh, he bleats the herd back to the pit of being Picture Quote #1

Somewhere there must be Something that’s different from everything. all that I’ve never thought of - think of me! Picture Quote #1

Many poets... Write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia Picture Quote #1

The nurse is the night To wake to, to die in: and the day I live, the world and its life are her dreams Picture Quote #1

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When we read what Goethe says about men we are ashamed of what we have said; when we read what he says about painting and statues we are ashamed of what Goethe has said (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Who would be such a fool as to make advances to his reader, advances which might end in rejection or, worse still, in acceptance? (Randall Jarrell Quotes) The usual bad poem in somebody’s Collected Works is a learned, mannered, valued habit, a habit a little more careful than, and little emptier than, brushing one’s teeth (Randall Jarrell Quotes) If you never look just wrong to your contemporaries you will never look just right to posterity - every writer has to try to be, to some extent, sometimes, a law unto himself (Randall Jarrell Quotes) People had always seemed to Gertrude rather like the beasts in Animal Farm: all equally detestable, but some more equally detestable than others (Randall Jarrell Quotes) A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, goethe said; a correct answer, gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Gertrude knew better than this, of course, but we all know better than we know better, or act as if we did (Randall Jarrell Quotes) ... You Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause (Randall Jarrell Quotes) ... When General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows, he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American (Randall Jarrell Quotes) ... Our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong (Randall Jarrell Quotes) We always tend to distrust geniuses about genius, as if what they say didn’t arouse much empathy in us, or as if we were waiting till some more reliable source of information came along (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Reality is what we want it to be or what we do not want it to be, but it is not our wanting or our not wanting that makes it so (Randall Jarrell Quotes) The climate of our culture is changing. Under these new rains, new suns, small things grow great, and what was great grows small; whole species disappear and are replaced (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Be, as you have been, my happiness; Let me sleep beside you, each night, like a spoon (Randall Jarrell Quotes) The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is not real to us as an artist, since we have to take on trust the works of art he produces (Randall Jarrell Quotes) It is rare for a novel to have an ending as good as its middle and beginning (Randall Jarrell Quotes) It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself (Randall Jarrell Quotes) If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help (Randall Jarrell Quotes) If you’ve been put in your place long enough you begin to act like the place (Randall Jarrell Quotes) His eye a ring inside a ring inside a ring that leers up, joyless, vile, in meek obscenity - this is the devil. Flesh to flesh, he bleats the herd back to the pit of being (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Somewhere there must be Something that’s different from everything. all that I’ve never thought of - think of me! (Randall Jarrell Quotes) Many poets... Write as if they had been decerebrated, and not simply lobotomized, as a cure for their melancholia (Randall Jarrell Quotes) The nurse is the night To wake to, to die in: and the day I live, the world and its life are her dreams (Randall Jarrell Quotes)

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